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EPIGRAM: TO PERTINAX COB by BEN JONSON

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First Line: COB, THOU NOR SOLDIER, THIEF, NOR FENCER ART
Last Line: YET BY THY WEAPON LIV'ST! TH' HAST ONE GOOD PART.

Cob, thou nor soldier, thief, nor fencer art,
Yet by thy weapon liv'st! Th' hast one good part.



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